Astrid Fina

Astrid Fina
Personal information
Nationality Spanish
Born (1983-10-16) October 16, 1983
Barcelona, Spain
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Paralympic snowboard
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
2018 PyeongchangSnowboard Cross

Astrid Fina (Barcelona, Spain, 16 October 1983) is a Spanish Paralympic snowboarder. Her greatest achievement has been the silver medal of the World Cup of snowboarding.[1]

Tragedy

Astrid Fina had her right foot amputated as a result of a motorcycle accident in May 2009. In 2011, she started practicing snowboarding. A year later, in 2012, she was already part of the Spanish national team.[1]

Recipients

In 2015, she achieved the fourth place in the World Cup, won gold in the Spanish championships, the second place in the national openings of Italy and was the winner in the French.[2]

In the 2017 World Cup he has achieved a plant medal in the four events of the category with amputation SB-LL2 (LW2) in which he participated, two of snowboardcross and two of banked slalon.[3][4]

She participated in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, where she obtained an Olympic diploma with his sixth position in snowboardcross, and is one of the three Spanish representatives participating in the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang.[5] She will be the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.

Reference

  1. 1 2 "Astrid Fina Juegos Paralímpicos Invierno". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  2. ↑ ""El deporte te hace sonreír" — 360 Grados Press, un giro semanal a la actualidad". 360 Grados Press, un giro semanal a la actualidad. (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  3. ↑ AS, Diario (2017-02-22). "Astrid Fina, una fuente inagotable de inspiración". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  4. ↑ "ASTRID FINA, 4ª EN LA COPA DEL MUNDO. SNOWBOARD ADAPTADO". SURFER RULE • Más que surf, olas gigantes y tendencias (in Spanish). 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  5. ↑ "Astrid FINA PAREDES | Alpine Skiing | Spain - Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games". sochi2014.arch.articul.ru. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
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